AU 2011: Because We Can, Part 4 - Advice for Design Students

When we got to our "Have any advice for design students?" question, all of the creatives we interviewed at Autodesk University 2011 had great, and very distinct, answers. Saul Griffith discussed the importance of creating your own design tools. Daniel Simon talked about
altering your perspective of the environment around you. And here both Jeff McGrew and Jillian Northrup of Because We Can each give great suggestions on learning how You Can, too.

Where is design going? It's a question that designers regularly wrestle with, speculating on the shifting terrain and geographies of the field. Globally, we consume products manufactured at little to no cost in developing countries without question—but what will it mean when things are not just "Made In India" but...

If you couldn't make it to their on-campus Information Session/Open House last month, the new MFA Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts invites you to attend their first-ever Virtual Open House on Monday, December 19th at 7pm.You will have the chance to meet Department Chair (and...

At Autodesk University 2011, we asked Saul Griffith about his educational background and got a presumably truncated answer—the guy seems to have more degrees than a protractor—and queried him on Theory vs. Making Stuff in education. Following that, he allowed us to cajole him into giving some advice for the...

Frank Lau, co-founder of Gunner Training and a resident in plastic surgery at Harvard, recently gave a lecture about his philosophy behind medical school education and what the future of education should look like.Lau described his own course of medical study as a "sisyphean cycle" of having to relearn material...